Jean Pierre Polnareff

Jean Pierre Polnareff (ジャン・ピエール・ポルナレフ Jan Piēru Porunarefu) is a fictional character from the Japanese manga "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". He went with Jotaro Kujo and Joseph Joestar to get revenge for his sister, who was raped and murdered by J. Geil. He is the only non-Joestar to have survived the adventure.

He is presented with blondish white hair that stands on end, tight sleeveless shirt and pants, and with broken hearts as earrings.

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Learning of his sister's death, he searches for the man that killed her. His Stand powers attracted Dio Brando, and in the same manner as Dio did with Kakyoin, lured him to a fight, and then brainwashed him afterwards.

Under the influence of Dio, he attacked the Joestar party in Hong Kong. He was confronted by Avdol, and defeated after some difficulty. While conceding in his defeat, Jotaro sensed Dio's cells in Polnareff's forehead and removed the implant.

Afterwards, Polnareff joins the Joestar group in their quest to destroy their nemesis, Dio Brando. He got his shot on J. Geil, the murderer of his sister and successfully avenged her death.

He falls again under the side of Dio when he was possessed by Anubis, but again, Jotaro frees him.

At one point, Polnareff was tricked by Cameo into wishing for his sister, Sherry, and Avdol back to life. These clones attacked Polnareff as clay golems, but this was the point where Avdol reappeared, when they thought that he was killed by Hol Horse.

Much later, sometime before Golden Wind, Polnareff attempted and failed to assassinate Diavolo. He was tossed off a cliff and sustained critical injuries, including the loss of one of his eyes and the use of his lower legs. Polnareff, now crippled in a wheelchair, still retains his undying confidence and joins Giorno's group.

Personality

Polnareff is the stereotypical "good natured klutz": he is heroic and protective of those he loves, but is not very bright (although he has shown lots of cunning and strategy throughout the series). He is very impulsive and loud, and is quick to jump into action without considering the risk, character traits that have landed him in lots of trouble. However, he is sincerely dedicated to doing good, and is a good man to watch your back. He also fancies himself as a ladies man, but this is probably him overestimating his actual prowess (he probably has horrible luck with the ladies).

Out of all the characters in the series, Polnareff is the one that has the least problems showing his feelings, and he adds a lot of humor and warmth to what would otherwise be a pretty cold team (Kakyoin and Jotaro in particular are very cold characters). Indeed, while he may sometimes be seen as the comic relief of the series, Polnareff's companions appreciate his good nature and trust him to help them win when a tough battle arrives.

Interestingly, Polnareff's best friends during the course of the series are Mohammed Avdol and Iggy, both of whom he couldn't stand when they first met. In fact, no character mourns the deaths of his companions like Polnareff does, and no other character is as dedicated to avenging them.

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Silver Chariot is Polnareff's original Stand. It is a very powerful, battle-dedicated Stand: all its powers are destructive in nature or assist him in battle. In appearance, it looks like a thin, robotic humanoid clad in medieval armor, armed with a rapier. Silver Chariot is an incredibly agile Stand, able to attack enemies with barrages of sword slashes and thrusts before the opponent can react. It can also use this agility, along with its sword, to defend and deflect attacks aimed at it (he has been able to slash fire attacks from Avdol away from him without any harm). If necessary, Polnareff can also shed Silver Chariot's armor away, exposing its robotic form. In this form, Silver Chariot is even faster, to the point it can actually move fast enough to create doubles of itself. These doubles are not illusory: the Stand is moving at faster-than-the-eye-can-see speed between different positions. As such, were all the doubles to attack at once, it'd mean that the Stand is attacking from all those positions simultaneously, giving it incredible destructive power. Similarly, because of this same speed, attacking the doubles would be futile, as the Stand can easily move away before being harmed. Polnareff's 'secret attack' is called 'shooting the sword', in which the blade of his sword detaches at high speed. He uses this only when it is certain it will it strike, because the blade has to be reattached before Silver Chariot can be fight effectivly again.

Silver Chariot Requiem is the Stand that Polnareff develops when Silver Chariot is stabbed with the Requiem Arrow. Polnareff died shortly after creating Requiem, so the Stand survived his death but became uncontrollable (much like Notorious B.I.G., a Stand that activated after the user died and was never really defeated). Requiem possessed the power to control the spirits of people. Its primary method of attack was to switch the spirits of people between bodies, usually after inducing a deep sleep. It also possessed the ability to turn Stands against their users, but only when its objective was directly threatened. It also has the ability to accelerate evolution around it, affecting anything in its range.

Video games

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Polnareff

Befitting a charge character, Polnareff can string up offensive attacks to form a somewhat unstoppable pattern. His Million Spits has good strength. He also has good Stand combos that can be used to set up attacks for an execution of Special or Super moves. He's also a good character for a juggle game.

Armor Takeoff is highly damaging, and used with juggle tactics, he can inflict damage easily in comparison to the other characters.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Black Polnareff

As if Polnareff isn't good enough for offense, Black Polnareff is even better. His increased speed gives him a good confusion game. Despite the loss of an active Stand, his moves more than make up for it; all of his special and most super attacks can be chained from basic attacks. While this makes him a close-quarter character, the damage he deals pay off the effort. Also, he gains the properties of any Anubis Sword-wielder; the ability to remember attacks. His version of Dimension Slash renders him completely invincible until the attack deploys by itself.

Trivia

* Polnareff became the biggest inspiration towards the character design of KOF's Benimaru Nikaido. SNK developers continued referring Benimaru as Polnareff even today.
* He is often quoted saying "Buttsubusu!" ("I'll beat you up"!") or "Buttagitte yaru!" ("I'll slice you to pieces!").
*In the anime, he is voiced by Katsuji Mori, best known as the original Japanese voice of Go Mifune, AKA Speed Racer.
*There are strong parallels between Polnareff and Inigo Montoya from the movie and novel The Princess Bride: both are at first foes and then allies, both are master swordsmen and both sworn to vengeance again a man with a deformed hand. For Inigo it was the count with six fingers, for Polnareff J. Geil with two right hands. Finally when both meet their villain they have a dramatic but concise presentation of their reason and intent for vengeance.